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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 745

Notification of a local law enforcement agency and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when a child over whom the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, a county department of human services or social services, or a licensed child welfare agency has placement, care, or supervision responsibility is missing and granting rule-making authority

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 19, 2016. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 20, 2016

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 16, 2016

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Mar 15, 2016

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2015 Wisconsin Act 368

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 19, 2016: “Published 4-20-2016”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, a county department of human services or social services, or a licensed child welfare agency (collectively "agency") that determines that a child over whom the agency has placement, care, or supervision responsibility is missing to report that determination: 1) to a local law enforcement agency within eight hours after making that determination; and 2) to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children within 24 hours after making that determination. The report must be accompanied by a recent photograph of the missing child, if available. Such reporting is required under the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 beginning on September 29, 2016.

Who's behind it

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. 9 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (3)

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it

Passed, 12 to 0 · Feb 11, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 10, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 19, 2016

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 19, 2016

    The governor signed it. It became 2015 Wisconsin Act 368.

  3. Apr 18, 2016

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 15, 2016

    The Senate passed it too.

  5. Mar 10, 2016 to Mar 15, 2016

    2 more senators signed on in support.

  6. Mar 10, 2016

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  7. Mar 1, 2016

    The committee held a public hearing.

  8. Feb 17, 2016

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  9. Feb 17, 2016

    The Senate received it.

  10. Feb 16, 2016

    The Assembly passed it.

  11. Feb 11, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  12. Feb 11, 2016

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.

  13. Jan 27, 2016

    The committee held a public hearing.

  14. Jan 20, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.

  15. Jan 20, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Neylon, Kleefisch, Loudenbeck, Gannon, Jacque, Ballweg, Horlacher, Duchow, Kremer, Johnson, Subeck, Ohnstad, Zepnick and Billings; cosponsored by Senator Lassa

  2. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  6. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  9. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  16. Mar 1, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Mar 9, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  18. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  19. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a cosponsor

  21. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  23. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Mar 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-21-2016

  30. Apr 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-18-2016

  31. Apr 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-19-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 368

  32. Apr 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 4-20-2016

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Wisconsin Act

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Official term: Act. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary